Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a phone call on Tuesday discussed defense cooperation and further steps to counter Russian aggression.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that the Ukrainian people and the Ukrainian army will hold out in a war with the Russian aggressor, but Ukraine will lose fewer people if it gets the necessary weapons.
The Lithuanian Defense Ministry has agreed on ammunition for the Bayraktar TB2 UAV for Ukraine, for which the Lithuanians raised funds but Turkey's Baykar Makina later decided to donate the drone to Ukraine.
The United States, along with its allies and partners, is working to implement an alternative scheme for exporting grain from Ukraine by rail, which involves building temporary grain silos on Ukraine's borders.
Ukraine is fighting off the aggressor on its own territory, which is the largest in Europe. Therefore, Ukraine needs appropriate weapons to repel the invaders and has no interest in striking civilian targets in Russia.
Russia's state monopoly Gazprom has said it is cutting natural gas supplies to the Nord Stream pipeline by 40 percent, citing breached repair deadlines by Siemens.
There has been a recent trend observed towards Russians saving high-precision, more expensive missiles, while opting to fire Soviet-era types of cruise missiles.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has recorded 9,931 civilian casualties in Ukraine since the Russian invasion started, including 4,432 killed and 5,499 injured.